Syrup-measuring faucet.



Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

William H.' GYM/ole ath-umu,

. 'PrENT OFFICE.

WAILLAM n. q ILIiEsPmyoF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

' sYnUr-*MEASUBING FAUCET.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, 'WILLIAM H. GILLES-riiz, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Birmingham,in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Svrup-L'Ieasuring Faucets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for measuring fluids andparticularly for measuring the necessary quantity of syrups for mixingsoda fountain drinks.

My object is to provide a measuringr valve which has a means to vary itscapacity so that it will, for each operation, measure any desiredquantity of the syrup, such means being preferably adjustable fromwithout the casing in which the valve is seated.

My invention further comprises the features of construction andarrangement of parts, all of which are hereinafter more particularlydescribed and claimed, reference beinglhad to the accompanying drawings,in whie Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention attached to areceptacle for holding syrup. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionthrough Fig. 1, with the valve inverted. Fig. 3 is a vertical transversecross sectional view taken through the center of the inverted valve andits casing.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout t-hedrawings.

I provide any suit-able form of receptacle or retainer for the fiuidv tobe measured, preferably a glass jar or vessel 1 having a removable cover2 and having its bottom edge externally threaded at 3 to receive athreaded ring 4 which engages the bottom face of an annular flange 5 onthe valve casing 6. A packing ring 7 is interposed between the bottom ofthe jar 1 and the flange 5 so that when the ring 4 is screwed up tight.a close joint is made. The valve easing 6 is provided with a centralport 8 which opens into the top of a horizontal cylindrical-valvechamber 9 in which is seated a hollow cylindrical valve 10. An outletport 11 in the bottom of said valve seat 9 communicates wit-h adischarge pipe 12. A screw threaded plu 13 is threaded into the open endof the va ve chamber 9 and is provided with a central opening throughwhich projects a stem 14 which is made integral with or suitablyfastened to a plunger 15 which is provided with peripheral threads whichSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1918.

Applicationlled March 22, 1812. Serial No. 685,587.

mesh with internal threads at the end of the valve left open for theinsertion of the plug 15. The chamber in the valve is preferablycylindrical. The valve is provided wit-h a single port. 16 which opensinto the chamber therein and is in alincment with the ports 8 and 11, soas to register with one or the other, according to the position of thevalve. The valve has a stem 1T projectin; r through an opening in theintegral end wall of the valve easing and is provided with a handle 1Sfor turning the valve. The closed end of the valve is provided with anannular ridge 19 which bears against the adjacent end wall of the casingand serves to reduce the friction at that point. The valve stem also hasattached to it a stop pin 2O adapted to engage stop shoulders 21 and 22which are attached to or cast integral with the end wall of the valvecasing. The stem 14 is adapted to be engaged by a suitable imple mentand turned to adjust the plunger 15 in the valve to regulate thecapacity of the chamber in'the valve so that it will measure the desiredquantity of syrup.

In operation, the valve normally stands in the position shown in Fig. 1,with its port 16 registering with the port 8. In this position the valveeffectively closes the port 11 as it makes a Huid tight fit in its valveseat. The chamber in the valve fills with syrup and when it is desiredto discharge its contents, the valve stem 18 is swung to its loweredposition, the pin 20 engaging stop 21 and arresting the valve with itsport 16 registering with the port 11 when the valve will discharge itsmeasured contents through the discharge pipe 12 into a glass. It will benoted that the ports 11 and 16 are made larger than the port 8 toexpedite the discharge of the valves contents. The screw plug 13 engagesthe open end of the cylindrical valve and holds it against longitudinalmovement in its seat.

The details of construction may be varied within the scope of myinvention and I therefore do not desire to limit myself specificallythereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a casing having -side openings and provided atits ends with Huid tight heads, one of which is removable and both of`which have contracted openings, of a measuring valve receptacle adaptedto l be inserted,within-the casin Aand being open at'ithe sidetocoperate wit) thencasing side openings, sald receptacle being open atone lend whichis internally threaded, an adjust-v able'plug which isthreaded into the lopen cud of said receptacle and hasa reduced stemwhich )rojects through the opening in one head o the casing, und auoperating member for the receptacle which projects through the openingin the other head of the casing, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a casing open at one end and` provided at theoppositeend with a head in which is an opening,there being inlet andoutlet openingsinthe sides ofthe casing, of a measuring valve receptaclewithin the easing and open at the Side and atl same end as the casing, aspindle carried by the receptacle and project-lng through the opening 1uthe. head, an operating member on said spindle, a detachable closure forthe open end of the casing and having a contracted opening, anadjustable member movable in the open cud of the receptacle to vary itsvolumetric capacity, a round stem of relatively smail diameter which isconnected to said member and projects through the contracted opening insaid closure, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a casing having side openings and end openings,one end opening beingr contracted and the inner wall of the. casingbeing threaded at the other end, of a measuring valve receptacle withinthe casing and having a side opening adapted to register with one or theother of said casing side openings and an end opening at the threadedend of the casing, an operating device for the receptacle which projectsthrough said contracted opening, an apertured closure adapted to bescrewed into the threaded end of the casing and engage the open end ofthe receptacle, and an adjustable plu r which closes the open end ot'the receptaclbe and has a stem which projects through the aperture insaid closure.

4. 1n a measuring faucet, the combination with. a, casing havingopenings in its sides and at one end and bein provided at the oppositeend with a hea 1n which is a contracted opening, of a measuringreceptacle rotatably mounted within said casing and having an openingada ted to register with eitherside opening in t e casing, an operat inmember for the receptacle w iichv extends with a tluid tight tit throu hthe contracted opening in the casing head, said receptacle. haring aninterirly threaded end which is open at the same end as the casing, ascrew p ng which is threaded into the open end of the receptacle and hasa reduced round operating stem, and a detachable screw cap which closesthe open end of the casing and has a contracted opening through whichsaid stem projects with a fluid tight fit. said stem having a toolengaging portion at its outer end.

5. The combination with a casing having side openings and provided atits end with fiuid tight heads. one of which is screwed into an end ofthe casing and both of which heads have contracted openings, of amensuring valve receptacle adapted to be inserted through the openthreaded end into the casing and being itself open at the side tocooperate with the casing side openings and at its end adjacent. to thethreaded end of the casing.` an adjustable plug which is screwed intothe open end of said receptacle and has a reduced stem which projectsthrough the opening in one head of the casing, and an operating memberfor the receptacle which projects through the opening in the other headof the casing, said receptacle havin an annular bearing tiange at oneend an at its other end being adapted to engage the head which isscrewed into the casing to be held in Cposition thereby, substantiallyas describe In tcstimon whereof I aiiix my signature in presence o twowitnesses.

\VILLIAM H. GILLESPIE. iVitnesses Nome XVELSH, R. D. JOHNSTON.

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